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Windows XP Will Be Central Focus
Of Final Round of Antitrust Hearings

By

John R. WilkeStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 21, 2001 12:44 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- Government lawyers said they will make Microsoft Corp.'s powerful new Windows XP software a central focus in the final round of court hearings in their landmark antitrust case against the company.

In a filing in U.S. District Court here, state and federal officials proposed a schedule under which the bitterly fought case would resume this fall with briefs and depositions, followed by formal hearings on a new remedy beginning Feb. 4 that could rewrite the rules of competition in the computer industry.